Tech Wednesday

Wi-Fi Camera Umbrella

This high-tech umbrella allows you to take pictures with a built-in camera. These can be uploaded to Flickr via a wireless internet connection and within two minutes you can watch downloaded photo-streams on your umbrella screen with a simple wrist-snapping movement.

Invented in Tokyo (where else?) the Pileus umbrella also has GPS and a digital compass, which uses Google Earth to help you navigate yourself around the world. They are working on incorparating a video camera as well.

Get one here

Music Tuesday

Pilot Speed

Live in Montreal

If you ever get a chance to see these guys live. Go!

If you don't, at least you can hear them in this live show from their tour last summer.

Get it here

Photographer Monday

Magnus Fröderberg

Sometimes the best pictures are the odd things that happen all around us every day..

Check out Magnus' portfolio here

Reflection Sunday

USA vs Free Speech

1-0

US Border agents can now confiscate and copy all your data on any electronic device you bring into the country including Laptops, iPods, Phones etc..

Read all about it here

Hooray for "the land of the free..."

Game Saturday

Hurts to Heal

New ARG (Alternate Reality Game). Enter if you dare..

(or click on the image above for more info)

Funny Friday

Best Game Ever

Improv Everywhere has done it again.. This time a large part of the crowd at a little league game is in on the setup: To treat the game as if it was a major league game with all that goes with it.. Brilliant!

Movie Thursday

Day Watch

(Dnevnoi Dozor)

The followup to "Night Watch". An insane Russian film about the struggles between the light and dark side. The cinematography is phenomenal and the special effects are stunning!

View the trailer here

More info here

Rent it here

Get it here

Tech Wednesday

WirePod

I have a soft spot for esthetical solutions to common eye sores..

Who wouldn't prefer this work of art instead of that ball of wires you try to hide in the corner or behind the couch?

Joris Laarman is responsible for this brilliant extension cord.

Read more about it here

Music Tuesday

Bury The Sound

Autumn Magnets

Melbourne based 'Bury The Sound's music has been described as "elegant, cinematic songs steadfastly refuse to follow the well-trodden path of hosts of instrumental bands, weaving a rich musical tapestry that draws as much upon ’70s legends Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd as it does from contemporary masters such as Do Make Say Think and Tortoise."

Get the EP here

Photographer Monday

Man Cheung

This London based photographer has vowed to post one picture a day for the rest of his life..

The vibe can only be described as a surreal mystey movie being unraveled daily..

Check out Man Cheung's pictures here

Reflection Sunday

Bill Maher on Cults and the Catholic Church

A closing monolog with a lot of truth hidden in all that humor.

Game Saturday

Googolopoly

Haha.. You know it was coming.. A Google monopoly..

Download the entire game here

(includes instructions, google shares, googleplex pieces, and more)

Funny Friday

Dumb Laws

Did you know that in Arkansas, it's illegal to keep an alligator in a bathtub?

Or that in New Jersey it's against the law to slurp your soup?

Read up on some lesser known laws here 

Movie Thursday

Lars and the Real Girl

A touching film about a brother unable to deal with his loneliness, depression, loss and fears.

I truly recommend this funny yet somber, brilliantly acted and well written film.

View the trailer here

More info here

Rent it here

Get it here

Tech Wednesday

Tame

Tame is a concept that sets a status message synced with all of your devices and applications. If you’re driving or need some privacy, you can tell Tame to handle auto-responses to your phone, IM, text, Facebook, and more. You can store messages on each face, and when you need to change your status, just rotate the cube to the desired face. Besides a written message, Tame uses a red-yellow-green color coding system to let people know at a glance if they can contact you.

Find out more here

Music Tuesday

Ioch

Morning Sessions EP

Great 4 track EP. Definitely worth checking out..

Get it here

Photographer Monday

Freddy Billqvist

Crazy photos by Freddy Billqvist, who shoots a lot of advertising photos normally.

See more here

Reflection Sunday

Al Gore at TED

Great lecture - please watch..

Game Saturday

Speller Battleship

Play battleship online with a twist..

When you get a hit, you have to pick the correct spelling of a commonly misspelled word.

Good luck..

Funny Friday

Newborn Burrito?

Of course it's by the Wal-Mart..

Movie Thursday

Cloverfield

If you haven't heard about Clovefield, you must live under a rock in the woods.

More info here

Rent it here

Get it here

Tech Wednesday

USB Jewelry

USB flash memory sticks don't have to be a strictly functional key-ring accessory anymore.

A German company has designed a range of jewelry including necklaces, bracelets and cufflinks that will hold your data..

Find out more here

Music Tuesday

Be Your Own Pet

Get Awkward

Crazy group from Nashille, Tennessee..

Great garage rock with female vocals (something you don't find everyday..)

Get it here

Photographer Monday

Marcus Wallinder

Great macro pictures.. All in different shades of green..

See more here

Reflection Sunday

Shadow Company

Many scared thoughs arise after watching this clip from the movie "Shadow Company".

Find out more about the movie here

Game Saturday

Spinning Silhouette

More of a game of your mind..

Is she spinning clockwise or counter clockwise?

Actually both!

It's just a matter of perception.

See how long it takes you to get her to spin the other way..

Funny Friday

¿Que?

Movie Thursday

Conspiracy

If you're in the mood for some senseless entertainment, Val Kilmer just made this movie (straight to video) which is set in a small town where everyone seems to have secrets.. (yeah - another one of those movies..)

It does have some interesting, thought worthy connotations, but barely enough to hold up where the direction is lacking..

Judge for yourselves.

More info here

Rent it here

Get it here

Tech Wednesday

Bang & Olufsen Remote Control Concept

There is now a prototype of this remote control that at first sight looks like something out of a science fiction movie set in the distant future.. Amazing..

Music Tuesday

Efterklang

Parades

Another great album by the Danes Efterklang.

Find out more about them here

Get the album here